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Plant
habit
shrubs
herbaceous
longevity
annual or biennial
perennial
sap
latex absent (sap clear)
latex present
leaves/twigs aromatic when crushed
without marked odor
clearly odiferous
Leaves
blade division
all simple
deeply lobed or divided
some or all fully compound
leaf attachment
sessile or nearly so
leaf stalk (petiole) clearly present
winged petiolate
leaf (leaflet) margin
entire
toothed
lobed
Inflorescence
type
solitary
spike
raceme
umbel
corymb
head/capitate/glomerules
panicle
cymose
plant sexuality
monoecious
dioecious
bisexual flowers
Flower
principal flower color
white or cream
purple
green
yellow
orange
pink
brown
inconspicuous
corolla symmetry
regular
bilateral
corolla (petal) fusion
petals separate
fused, at least toward base
ovary position
sepals/petals attached above middle of ovary (inferior or partly inferior ovary)
sepals/petals attached below middle of ovary (ovary superior)
carpel number
1
2
Fruit or Cone
fruit consistency at maturity
dry/leathery
fleshy
mature fruit dehiscence
opening along 1-2 seams
does not split open to release seed
Composite Traits
head type
discoid (disk only)
radiate (rays and disks)
all ligulate